Electoral district of Malvern

The electoral district of Malvern is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1] It contains the suburbs of Malvern, Armadale, Kooyong, Malvern East, Toorak, and parts of Glen Iris.

Malvern
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location of Malvern (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1945
MPMichael O'Brien
PartyLiberal Party
NamesakeMalvern
Electors42,898 (2018)
Area20 km2 (7.7 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The electorate has been held by the Liberal Party (or its predecessor) since its creation in 1945, and for most of that time has been regarded as one of the Liberal Party's safest seats in Melbourne. In all but one election, the Liberals have won enough votes on the first count to win the seat outright. As a measure of how safe Malvern is for the Liberals, Opposition Leader Robert Doyle easily retained the seat with 60.2 percent of the two-party vote even as Labor won its biggest majority ever at the state level.

The current member is Michael O'Brien, who succeeded Doyle at the 2006 Victorian election and served as Treasurer in the Napthine government. At the 2014 State election, O'Brien's margin over Labor was 16.3%, down from 20.6%, but his margin was reduced to 6.1% at the 2018 State election. On 6 December 2018 O’Brien was elected leader of the Liberal Party and became Opposition Leader, a role he served until September 2021.[2]

The seat's best-known member was Lindsay Thompson, who served as Premier of Victoria from 1981 to 1982 and served as a minister without interruption from 1958 to 1982 – one of the longest-serving state ministers in Australian history.

O'Brien's Electoral Office in Malvern East

Members for Malvern

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Member Party Term
  Trevor Oldham[3] Liberal 1945–1953
  Sir John Bloomfield Liberal 1953–1970
  Lindsay Thompson Liberal 1970–1982
  Geoff Leigh Liberal 1982–1992
  Robert Doyle Liberal 1992–2006
  Michael O'Brien Liberal 2006–present
Oldham represented Boroondara 1933–1945[3]

Election results

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2022 Victorian state election: Malvern[4][5][6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Michael O'Brien 20,768 52.8 +1.5
Labor Darren Natale 10,266 26.1 −3.4
Greens Mitchell Fuller 6,137 15.6 +2.5
Animal Justice Amelia Natoli 960 2.5 −0.4
Independent Steve Stefanopoulos 602 1.5 +1.5
Family First Judy Schmidt 601 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 40,791 97.3 +1.3
Informal votes 1,146 2.7 −1.3
Turnout 41,937 89.5 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Michael O'Brien 23,685 58.1 +2.0
Labor Darren Natale 17,106 41.9 −2.0
Liberal hold Swing +2.0

References

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  1. ^ "Former Members". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  2. ^ 'New day for the party': Vic Liberals pick Michael O'Brien as leader
  3. ^ a b "Trevor Donald Oldham". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  4. ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  5. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  6. ^ Malvern District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  7. ^ Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.
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